(AP Photo/Mel Evans)An NJ public workers insurance system needs a 34% rate increase, experts say. We have a chance to avoid repeating this crisis
(AP Photo/Mel Evans)An NJ public workers insurance system needs a 34% rate increase, experts say. We have a chance to avoid repeating this crisis
(AP Photo/Mike Catalini, File)NJEA used member dues to get its president elected governor. He finished fifth
(Hannah Gross/NJ Spotlight News)Sean Spiller, NJEA president, received about 11% of votes cast in Democratic primary
(AP Photo/Mike Catalini; Steve Hockstein/NJ Advance Media via AP, Pool; AP Photo/Mike Catalini; Kranjac campaign; Barbera campaign; AP Photo/John Minchillo; Newark Mayor's Office; AP Photo/Andrew Harnik; Sweeney campaign; NJSN; Spiller campaign) Record spending, including at least $39M from teachers’ union dues to back Democrat Sean Spiller
(NJ Spotlight News)Interview: Brent Johnson, political reporter, NJ Advance Media

Republican Bill Spadea and Democrat Sean Spiller have entered the race
(AP Photo/Andrea Comas)Legislation on evaluations, virtual instruction may have to wait amid opposition and as some lawmakers balk
NJ Spotlight NewsInterview: Sean Spiller, president of the New Jersey Education Association

Addressing the teacher shortage will require changes to statewide and local policies

An NJ Spotlight roundtable addressed the growing shortage of teachers and possible fixes for it

Returning to work won’t affect the teachers’ pensions or benefits

Provocative tweet by Mayor Chris Bollwage ratchets up tensions

A couple hundred members of New Jersey’s largest teachers union rallied in Trenton with boxes containing 116,000 petitions demanding that lawmakers and the governor support ...

PARCC scores in Camden are up -- is the state takeover the reason?

Jersey City Schools are clearing a hurdle. 26 years ago the state declared them a total failure and took control. Now the city is regaining ...

The return of local control to schools in Jersey City, after 26 years, is planned to come this spring. The Jersey City school system works ...

The stock market slip and slides on its way to being stabilized, but what does the market's shudder say about our investment strategies? It's been ...

The state’s largest teachers union is vowing to fight a recent decision by the Public Employment Relations Commission over pensions.

Midnight deadline. The governor and lawmakers running out of time make their legislative moves. Newark's embattled school superintendent gets a new contract. We get reaction. ...

Many are unhappy with Education Commissioner David Hespe's decision to renew Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson's contract.